NATO Second Army: Turkey is ready to send peacekeepers to Ukraine - Bloomberg

To spread: Insiders claim that Turkey is open to participation in peacekeeping missions in Ukraine. At the same time, Roszmi, with reference to the commentary of the Presidential Administration Recep Tayip Erdogan, refutes these statements. After the end of the war in Ukraine, Turkey, which is a member of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) and has the second largest army after the United States, open to the departure of its troops as peacekeeping forces, writes Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources.

Insiders reported to reporters that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had already discussed this issue with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during separate meetings in the Turkish capital Ankara in early February. The sources also noted that Turkey will agree to participate in peacekeeping missions only if it is admitted to all consultations and preparation of their formation.

At the same time, the Russian propaganda news agency "RIA Novosti" with reference to the commentary of the Presidential Administration Erdogan claim that statements about the readiness to send troops to Ukraine are not true. According to Russian journalists, in Ankara expressed his readiness for mediation, not for the departure of military forces. Earlier, France and the United Kingdom were declared about the readiness to deploy peacekeeping troops in Ukraine within the security package.

US President Donald Trump, in turn, said that he would support the participation of European allies in the Peacekeeping Forces to protect Ukraine from the re -attack of the Russian Federation after the probable signing of peace. Although Erdogan was discussing the Laurel departure of the Turkish military to Ukraine, the Kremlin has not been answered at this time, the sources of Bloomberg say. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also did not respond to a comment request.

Erdogan to the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in 2022 maintained close ties with the Kremlin, journalists say. After the Great War, he was able to negotiate with both countries. In particular, he played a decisive role in negotiations on the corridor for export of Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea, although in July 2023 Russia terminated the grain agreement and restored the blockade.

In August 2024, the media reported that Turkey was at risk of resolving the United States through the sale of Russia chip for military needs. Journalists noted that since 2022, exports from Turkey have increased several times from Turkey to Russia: from $ 27 million in 2022 to $ 85 million in 2024 in 2024.

In September 2024, Ankara applied for joining Brix (the unification of the largest developing countries and populations of which Russia is co -founder), although during a three -day summit in Russian Kazan, the decision to join the Turkish Bloc was not made. Also in September 2024, Turkish President Erdogan stated that Crimea should return to Ukraine. On February 26, Turkish media wrote that Turkey would join Ukraine in 2025.